komen provides.erican women in this community have the highest mortality rate in the nation. the good thing about these races here, the money stays local, 75% of the money today will stay local and fight the beast that is breast cancer that is taking so many lives here in d.c. >> you've experienced personal loss through breast cancer, you wrote about the loss of a friend, an op-ed, talk about how that inspired you and taught you something. >> it gutted me. when you're on the ground balling your face-off and the last words of your friend were "don't stop" you have to get back up and i realize i don't want to se

komen breast cancer walk and run. i was happy to be one of the tens of thousands that laced up for the event. ben was there and has more from a family who has been affected more than once by the disease. >> i wish countries could be like this always time. >> katherine briggs, kitty to friends, met her husband in germany and he worked for the department of defense and she was a schoolteacher and from that moment 50 years ago, they've come a long way. >> it is hard on the caregivers. they are called cosurvivors. they don't know what to do. >> briggs, her mother and daughter all got breast cancer and survived. it has take an toll emotionally, physically and spiritually but every step down the road of life and across independence avenue brings them happiness, joyce and fulfillment. >> people come by and don't know and say hello, how are you, congratulations. >> the komen foundation expected 25,000 people in the district for its 2012 global race for the cure. they came from across the region and the country. for the first

komen saved my life.ic i'm not here. >> reporter: still preparations go on even though the race may be less crowded. but survivors say they're sure the controversy won't joer shadow the race. as tens of thousands unite against a common enemy. jane watrel, news4. >> d.c. is holding its fourth annual home expo today. anyone looking to buy a home in d.c. is welcome to attend. residents facing foreclosure will have an opportunity to meet face to face with its community to help them avoid foreclosure. >> we have our pockets that have experienced tremendous closures. and we're trying to pour resources into those areas of the city to help stabilize neighborhoods and give motivation to buy a house. >> there will be workshops on everything from credit scores to home improvements. the housing expo starts at 10:00 this morning, will run until 3:00, and the event is free. >> the "today" show is coming up amount 8:00 instead of 7:00 this morning. let's see what they're working on. >> coming up on "today," the wild wea

komen and their commitment getting women access to affordable health care. their goals are the same, helping women everywhere. hopefully as long as people get the facts, know the facts and stay on point and know they are committed to the same thing, saving lives and offering affordable preventive care for all women. >> komen races in other cities are also reporting drastic declines this year. >>> all right. in a tough economy, anything that will help you fined work is a good thing, especially now that the unemployment rate is back up to 8.2%. in today's "smart is the new rich" christine romans says a job fair is a great place to start. >> job fairs slowed in may and jock seeksers are more than ever. >> tuck about yourself for more than a minute is nerve-racking, good to practice. >> reporter: their plan is simple, meet people an start a conversation. >> when it's competitive like this and a lot of job seekers out there, the best moves are the most basic one. >> no question they are coming into a labor market that's not for giving, only 69,000 jobs created. f

komen race for the cure in washington, d.c.his morning. >> you all for giving me more time with my husband. >> 26,000 people took part in the fund-raiser for breast cancer research, but the komen foundation said that's 10,000 fewer than last year. not clear why there was a drop in turnout, but this was the first global race since february's controversy when the komen foundation reversed its foundation to cut funting to planned parenthood. >> he may be the most powerful leader in the cathroom church in america, but there are new concerns he may have paid off abusive priests to get them out of the church. lord, you got no♪ ♪ you got no right ♪ ♪ i find myself at the wrong place ♪ [ male announcer ] the ram 1500 express. ♪ it says a lot about you. ♪ in a deep, hemi-rumble sort of way. guts. glory. ram. in a deep, hemi-rumble nno matter what you do. when you're living with moderate to severe crohn's disease, there are times it feels like your life... revolves around your symptoms. if you're tired of going around in circles, it may

i am here on behalf of komen members. coleman advocates in district 11 and part of the progress of workers alliance. we have recently launched a johns campaign of which wage that in workers' rights in general is a very important piece, because it is not just about creating jobs, but about insuring jobs have good working conditions, and people are able to stay in their jobs without fear of being exploited. i also want to talk about our region and enforcement. the progress of workers alliance is extent -- asking for funds for an officer, because currently they are at capacity with regards to being able to enforce. additionally, our research and education is very important. there are many workers in the city that do not know their rights, and there are only three that are currently doing our reatreach. we are asking for $110,000 for an additional position, and $295,000 for increased funds for the worker's right collaborative. thank you. >> good morning, committee members. my name is connie ford, the secretary-treasurer of op

komen race for the cure in the sea this weekend. you can find many more details on how to contribute on our wheat -- on our website at wjla.com. i guess it will be ok for them tomorrow? a little socks off from what happens today? >> -- a little ssoggy. >> the good chance for thunderstorms, and the potential for flash flooding. let's dive into the details on live super doppler seven radar. you will notice the areas of yellow on your screen come off to the west and southwest of washington. we will take a close look at those showers. they indicate heavier rain in northern fauquier county, parts of rappahannock, culpeper county. it is crossing over 66 right now, kind of near the plains, virginia, and marshall, virginia, moving out to the north. it looks like warrenton will get clipped by this downpour, and that will continue northward into loudoun county as well. some light rain. number and berkeley counties. pushing to the northeast crossing over 68. locally, that is it on the radar screen, at least for now. here is our storm scanned.

komen race for the cure. as you probably know the annual event raises money to fight breast cancer.o word yet on how much money this year's race may have raised. >>> a garbage truck driver is being hailed a lee rowton after helping stop a runaway stroller. cameras on the struck were running, and caught the scene as the stroller rolled right past the truck in seattle. jeff blackburn stopped his truck, jumped out to help another woman help bring the stroller to a stop. >> a busy intersection with stop signs, when i got to the bottom, i hit the brake and jumped out of the truck and tried to run over there and grab it. >> wow. blackburn says the stroller seemed to get away from the mother at the top of the hill. the little boy inside was just fine, in fact,'s parentally enjoyed the downhill ride. >>> still ahead tonight the corn nation cup, we'll take you to london where celebrations are in full swing. stay with us, we'll be right back. >>> it's time to get going. to get your feet moving to the beat. it's time to start gellin' with dr. scholl's and feel the energy from your feet up. tha

deonal camyssenals argument is natural law i tried to find the komen grammar and that is what you see. thb is where you talk about charity. that you had done some charity work and t oths u touh was taken away from the pizza place? then you realized that you took ay from the hard working people could you expand >> iwas hard. i will recount the sry. d o wthor at the national institutes of health. there was a baptist church shs nrur hen rdedd e wrote to the women's groups fit -- and gave them a recipe every week. se thing then they would descend their chauffeurs. we wouldome there and set up the whole thing and sat down and eat. but she said don't ask anybody about their lives. we don't care. n' opol is i remembered two redmen got out of the anntw heeiy he . they were going shopping and wanted to go tont of the line i thought if you have enough for a cab and to go shopping kitcn? soup i to c n k. wet onda i a cip and it dawned on me we were their competitors but did not have to pay for insurance, red, and ss h don't we don't have the means test? ulyuheutor rie money or something that inv

komen global race for the cure. the annual event raises money for breast cancer through education, research and breast screening. no word yet on how much money this race may have raised. >> you might see some passengers at dulles airport doing this. because there is a life sized hologram at the airport. >> she is equal parts public relations executive, educator and airport stan. sue rae chin tells us about page. >> reporter: hello. >> reporter: going through customs has never been so entertaining. >> i think it is one of the most incredible things i have seen. i did a double take. >> reporter: the pictures, curious stares, and pointing fingers, all at her. >> that is out rammings. >> reporter: why? >> why? so life like, so real. i thought it was you, for a minute. not as attractive, obviously. >> reporter: we thank you for that. >> dulles international airport first opened. >> reporter: page is a life-sized hologram. she gives you a brief lesson about the airport and shows you what you need coming off the internatio

komen walk for the tour. the flea market is the monthly attraction, and we have five wineries. more importantly, our staff works tirelessly to improve the quality of life and the delivery of services for our residents. we installed chargers for electric jiggles this past year. we expanded our composting program. we granted a new lease for another food market to serve treasure island residents. in the area public safety, we have improved our street lighting. we rolled out the water for a safety program to reduce risks. we exercise our first tabletop exercise for emergency response plans. lastly, in furtherance of the mayor's office initiatives, we housed homeless families by creating a temporary emergency housing plan to assist human services to meet their short- term housing needs for those displaced fire victims. this year's budget, the biggest step in the bombing for the coming years is the implementation of the early news associated with the transition plan, which will move ydi tenants to treasure island so the first phase can begin. we have budgeted accordingly for those mo

komen. their goals are the same, helping women. so hopefully as long as people learn the facts and stay on point and just know they are both committed to the exact same thing, saving lives and offering affordable access to preventive care and affordable health care for all women. ideally, that is the goal and i hope that fact rings the loudest and people stay focused. >> thank you for joining us, rob, back to you. >> looks like a great day for a race. better weather than yesterday. >>> an event 60 years in the making. the diamond jubilee of queen elizabeth ii. after a lot of anticipation, four days of celebrations kick off today. officials completing the final rehearsals for events including 1000 boat floatilla down the river thames. royal carriage procession through london and star-studded concert featuring sir paul mccartney and elton john. max foster is live to give us the play-by-play, what is the vibe like on day one? >> reporter: a party atmosphere, union flags all over the city, all over the country. street parties taking pl

komen global race for the cure will start in washington d-c at the monument. >>> this sunt national cans are survivors day, that's -- this sunday, the national cancer survivors days and there's many ways to help. sinai hospital is holding an event to honor survivors and celebrate national cancer survivors day. doctors say communicating with family members is key. if you want to honor cancer survivors and celebrate national survivors day, the event is sunday and it starts at 2 in the afternoon until 5 p.m. to register call the number on the screen. and it's there. if you want the latest health news just head to the website it's abc2news.com. >>> tensions are running high this morning. coming up in bit, we will tell you about the des appearance of a two-year-old -- disappearance of 2-year-old maine girl. >> the mother is devastated by latest news. [ inaudible ] >> nothing leek my worst nightmare has -- like my worst nightmare has come true. >> what investigators are saying about the case that is fueling a lot of emotion within the family. >> hurricane season started overnight. is your fami

however, there are the nailer and komen models and we expect to see those things where they're relevant for those populations and the demonstrations. we have a state-based demonstration opportunity right now and that involves two models. one is a cap thaitive model. we have 26 states interested in pursuing one or more models at this point. some states are targeting a 2013 implementation date and others a 2014. we expect to see care models and care teams and care plans that are tailored to the different needs of the populations and we have not done it as good a job in the past as we need to. the needs is of someone the prototypical 80-year-old patient is very different than those who are under 65 or someone who is an institution. understanding all the varieties is a great opportunity for us to test in this -- in these new situations. and then i'm very excited the other demonstration that we're doing is for dual eligible beneficiaries who are in nursing facilities. there are about a million of them at any given time. potentially avoidable hospitalizations is a critical opportunity for imp

komen global race for the cure will begin starting in washington, d.c.washington monument so keep that in mind and on your calendars. >> lauren joins us and weather could be a factor. >> reporter: we are dealing with fog on the eastern shore. so expect reduced visibility. 95 nice and clear out in harford county and it will be a easy ride into the white marsh area. no problems as you head into the city from that point on. if you are using the jfx to get into the city. no delays to talk about. here's a live look further north at that point as we check in and look live at shawan road. everything up to speed. not too many cars out there. it will be an easy ride making the drive down towards the beltway. here's west side at liberty road, only the 11 minute ride on the outer loop from 795 toward 95. a little more volume than earlier times but no delays to tell you about in the area and the south side of 95 had be clear as we travel up towards the fort mchenry tunnel. that's the a become c2 time savor traffic now here's lynette charles with a look at the foreca

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foundations like the commonwealth fund, for example, that has done work on the mary naylor and eric komen but also trying to get people trained in that. i think that's really important. people that are already out, there not just the new students, that are really very critical. and there's the robert johnson foundation which is critical. aarp working on future of medicine, future of nursing work with a high, high priority on interprofessional collaboration. we have 49 states with action coalitions, many of which are making this a high priority across the state, across different disciplines. it's very, very challenging. we know there's been efforts before to do this but you also have hearse hersa now tying funding for intereducational collaboration. lots of different things that are efforts in place that i think we should all be trying to reinforce, because it's got to be done from the ground up and we have to change the culture among the existing professionals. >> great. thank you. bob helms? >> okay. one of the major topics today is technology, but i've heard very little discussion about

komen race for the cure. >> good morning, washington. >> 6:11 right now.on students will never forget. a wild bear crashes a graduation in california for a middle school. he keeps going back and forth. surveillance cameras caught him running near the parking lot. the elementary and middle school were put on lockdown. he was finally captured in a nearby apartment complex posed for the cameras and an animal control officers released him back into the wild. they believe that he simply wandered into town on his own. let's check traffic and weather as we do every 10 minutes. we will find out what's happening right now with adam caskey. >> we have light rain to start the day. thunderstorms this afternoon with a break in the action and sunshine around lunchtime. warrenton northward up towards winchester and moving into berryville right now, light rain. prince william county, prince william parkway, 7100, and fairfax county if seeing light rain moving north, and showing signs of falling apart as it crosses off into montgomery county. western montgomery county will

[applause] komen one thing he has said in the speech of his aunt was that every american deserves a fair shot. i agree. every american should know that if they work hard and get an education and have the right kind of values, they have a fair shot for a bright future and be able to provide for their families. a fair shot to realize their dreams. then i looked at this president's record. let me ask you some questions about these things. do you think when we passed trillions of dollars of our debt on to the next generation, this president is giving the next generation a fair shot? do you think when 50% of the kids to graduate from college this year cannot find jobs, that is giving our college gets a fair shot? do you think that when the president puts the interests of the teachers union ahead of the interest of the teachers into the kids, that gives them a fair shot? do you think that when he takes tax dollars from you and then uses it to give guarantees and investment into some of the businesses of its contributors, does that give the american people a fair shot? how about when he closes

we will be right back >>> it was just beautiful weather yesterday, for the susan g komen, race for thee on the national mall. 25,000 people came out for the race. susan from reston raised the most money, taking in $90,000 over the $1 million mark for her 11 total events. amazing work. >> great day for it >> i had friendrelative who is participated as well they said it was wonderful. >> it was great. today is another day, starting out nicely. we will see changes later on, but overall a pretty nice day. 79 degrees is where we are headed for. monday and tuesday unsettled weather later today, we could see, stray or isolated thunderstorm or showers, monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday always the same, a chance every single day, 50% chance today, 30 to 40% chance monday and tuesday. temperatures 78 degrees mark by monday and then start the cool down tuesday. we've got a trough coming through and that will have a little instability associated with it. don't be surprise first-

komen foundation, which i've run every year. and i did 19:43 seconds. an old man -- that was when i was 45, not too bad. i tore my hamstring so i had a strapping -- >> you ran like that? was that smart? >> i was improving and feeling better but i really wanted to do it. i was in agony and torture for about a month after that. >> he's all better now. speaking of running, we'll move a little bit here. monday martin's show moves to its new time, weekdays at 4:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc. our conversation continues at 1:00 p.m. when he talks about the move plus what he learned about american television and why he doesn't think the country would benefit from a mitt romney presidency. >>> it keeps growing and growing, you wont believe how much money has been raised for the bullied bus monitor. you'll meet the man who started it all and why he did it. laces? really? slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would be like -- there's no charge for the bag. thanks. i know a quiet little place where we can get some work done. there's a three-prong plug.

you were into washington d.c., you want to see senator herman komen, head of the act committee. talked called him up as a professor. he got on the phone himself. it worked. i worked on the aedes on the tax treatment of features, as instrument. i worked in the clean air act in 1990. i've just never been the system. i don't know why and i'm an economist, so again i'll leave it to others. i am surprised how it dramatically as changed in the last decade and the kind of model. i am stunned. i don't know if students know here, but i know what todd is saying is very interesting because you may all be surprised to know that washington d.c.'s metro area must pass silicon valley is the highest per capita income in america. that's a pretty amazing area for a time that produces rules versus apple and iphone. and i am just surprised at the the the highest per capita income, $84,000 per person and washington d.c., higher than silicon valley. so i don't know why, but i don't think it's good. >> so with talk about the environment. take us through and i think be instructive here is a segue the e

launched this bogus congressional investigation into planned parenthood, which was the basis that komen cure used to end their partnership with planned parenthood. behind all of those actions was an assault on planned parenthood orchestrated by a group called americans united for life who have stated that their purpose this year and one of their main priorities is to attack planned parenthood. they've been very successful. they're like alex in a way behind the war on women. they draft model legislation and they've been very successful at getting planned parenthood partially and completely defunded in states across the country. just in 2011 alone they had nine states that passed legislation defunding planned parenthood, so with this law, as well, there is an attack on planned parenthood coming along with it where they're trying to paint planned parenthood as performing gender-specific abortions. >> michelle goldberg, thank you very much for educating me very quickly this morning on this bill. as soon as i read your piece, i knew what i thought. krystal ball, thanks as well. >> thanks, la

young woman that rush limbaugh is attacking for being a slut, this attack on all colors and then susan komen coming out of planned parenthood. it is a disturbing trend from the party right that once government so small that they could crawl into your bedroom

era of the expendable -- as inherently expendable -- and then, of course, in 2010, the fight between komen and planned parenthood. it is horrible what you have to laugh. seriously? we are talking about the pill in 2012. the outlawing of abortions that never actually occurred. telling sandra flu that she has to suspend against being a slut in order to speak to the american people as though we are in egypt and she has to submit to a virginity test to be in the public sphere. the -- 2010, the year of the gop woman, is the first year we lost ground in terms of women's representation in more than 30 years. we did that. when i say we, i mean the american people in the broadest sense. our fear, our anxiety, our willingness to frame others, whether they are unruly women, illegal immigrants, lazy black people, terrorist muslims, our willingness to not see ourselves in them but to see ourselves as the other makes possible all of these policy moments. this is the last thing -- this is the last thing i will say and then i will run from this building. there is no reason to lose hope. we are just not a

i have expressed concerns about individual usaid komen change spragg koretz -- project. -- climate change projects. i am someone who does not attempt to diminish the potential impact of climate change or the opinions of scientists who have researched the subject. i am concerned that the climate change project is amongst the least likely to offer measurable development results and the most likely to be politically motivated. i do not doubt that some of these projects will produce results and some may be a top priority. i also understand that some climate change projects are focused heavily on food we except that development dollars should be going to projects that produce the most monstrous or results for impoverished people. -- the most demonstrable results for impoverished people. people suffering from malnutrition and disease. we should demonstrate that those dollars produce a better results relative to agricultural development and disease prevention. i hope that usaid and the state department will be examining climate change product under -- projects under exacting parameters. the unit

komen issue, how you mobilized everybody.ey decided to keep funding planned parenthood. so the mobilization and the education is key. health care costs in this country are not going to go down unless we do changes and continue to push for the kinds of reforms that will enable everyone in our country to have health care. that is their right. >> since you were in congress and saw how acrimonious it was, it will be an issue if the supreme court strikes it down. is it wise for congress to take this up again? >> we need to, because there are millions of people in our country who otherwise would be left out. 40 million people in our country without health care. it is not an issue that will go away. we need to have focused leadership that will continue to bring this to the forefront. i am hopeful that the supreme court is not going to do a 5 to 4 decision. i hope the court will say this is going forward, to affect changes to protect the safety and welfare of our people. if it is that decision, it would say that it is a politically m